Correcting the past

The World Bank now thinks that nations should be setting industrial policy instead of just opening up their markets to whatever predatory investment comes along. Sorry about the last 50 years, I guess.

The description on the video says “Here is an extremely rare shellac master “test pressing” of the unissued (on 78) take 2 of “Cross Road Blues” (a.k.a. “Crossroad Blues”) by delta blues singer and guitarist Robert Johnson, recorded in 1936.” The sound has to be heard to be believed.

There is something delightful in witnessing an incredibly well thought through and technical takedown of an incredibly poor set of design choices. This year’s contender for the best has to be tonsky’s savage, evisceration of Apple’s, seemingly random icon choices for menus in its new Mac operating system